Miranda8.30pm, BBC2

When Miranda first appeared last year, its old-school comedy aesthetic puzzled critics, who took a few episodes to realise that just because it felt like it was from a different decade it still had some good gags to offer. Miranda Hart is back in her joke shop for a second series, with Miranda making moves to get fit and struggling with etiquette at a sushi restaurant. WD

Accused9pm, BBC1

Taking a similar approach to The Street in offering up linked dramas that tell distinct stories, Jimmy McGovern's Accused follows half a dozen ordinary people who land up in court. First is plumber Willy, whose life implodes when he hits money problems just as he needs to pay for his daughter's lavish wedding. Playing unfaithful Willy with a barely repressed anger, Christopher Eccleston is mesmerising throughout, helped by a script that returns repeatedly to his character's inability to see his own part in his problems. "I've done nothing wrong . . ." JW

Greek Myths: Tales Of Travelling Heroes9pm, BBC4

Historian Robin Lane Fox is off on a mission to uncover the origins of the Greek myths – stories, he argues, that "lie at the root of western culture". It's one of those documentaries that's as much a travel show as a history lesson, as we follow him from the ancient lost city of Hattusas in modern Turkey to the summit of Mount Etna to hear about "sex, giant monsters and baby eating". It's followed by a repeat of Aristotle's Lagoon, in which professor Armand Leroi heads to Lesvos, the island teeming with wildlife that inspired Aristotle's first thoughts about biology. RV

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations10pm, Good Food

After stunning the foodie world with Kitchen Confidential, his excellent narcotic-fuelled memoir of life as a chef in 2000, Tony Bourdain has spent the past decade travelling the world eating weird food. His experiences have been documented in two books and in this long-running travel-food doc which follows the chef as he continues his foodie odyssey. This time he's looking for a chivito (beef butty) in Uruguay, offbeat Egyptian food and delving into the habits of one of the strangest food nations … the UK. Continues nightly to Thursday. WD

How Not To Live Your Life10.30pm, BBC3

The third series of Dan Clark's sitcom continues. Tonight's plotline has the reliably offensive Don partake in a double date with Jason and two "posh birds", Harriet and Felicity, and wind up at Felicity's parents' country manor, where her dad takes an instant dislike to Don. Things aren't helped by some bedroom hi jinx. Typical BBC3 fare; whether that's a good thing or not depends on your tastes. AJC

When Playboys Ruled The World10.35pm, ITV1

"Instead," says Stirling Moss, considering the difference between the racing drivers of his age and ours, "of finishing a race and going off chasing girls, they now say thanks to Vodafone." This entertaining documentary fondly laments formula one world champion James Hunt, and motorcycling legend Barry Sheene – 1970s racetrack gods who lived like there was no tomorrow for the reason that, back then, there was every chance there wouldn't be. Comparisons between the adoration they enjoyed, and the opprobrium heaped upon Tiger Woods and